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GENERAL SALE INFORMATION
Sale Location:
At the ranch, located 6 miles south and 11
miles West of Laverne, Oklahoma, to sign: 2 miles east and
1
mile south of Slapout, Oklahoma. From Follet, Texas, 1
mile east, 11 miles north and 2 miles east.
Motel Accommodations:
Motels are located in Woodward,
Laverne, Oklahoma and Canadian, Texas. We will be glad
to help you with reservations.
Air Travel:
There are airstrips at Follett and Laverne. Please
notify us in advance and we will glad to meet your plane.
Phone Numbers:
Van - (Cell) 580-552-1555
580-837-5532
Milton - (Cell) 580-273-9494
(
Home) 580-837-5384
Auctioneer:
Tommy Barnes - Cell: (334) 462-4004
Special Representatives:
Mike Frey - OCA President
Curt Curry - OHA President
Jason Shepard - OAA President
Matt Caldwell - Angus Journal 913-755-1105
Jim Boyd - Special Assignment 325-669-4784
Chisolm Kinder- Oklahoma Cowman 405-235-3607
Ken Rockenbaugh - High Plains Journal 580-327-3050
Dustin Layton - Special Assignment - 405-464-2455
Delivery of Purchase:
We will offer free delivery up to
300
miles to the ranch or a central location on purchases
of $5000 or more. Arrangements can be made for delivery
over 300 miles.
Announcements:
All announcements at the sale by
the owners or the auctioneer concerning the cattle will
take precedence over statements in the sale catalog. We
reserve the right to withdraw any sale lot not meeting our
specifications prior to sale time.
Note:
All persons who attend the sale do so at their own
risk, and neither the owners nor any other person connected
with the sale assume liability, legal or otherwise, of any
accidents which may occur.
SALE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
TERMS: CASH:
Each animal will be sold to the highest
bidder. The auctioneer shall settle any disputes as to bids.
All cattle are to be paid for by the purchaser during or
immediately after the sale and will not be released until after
settlement has been made unless other arrangements have
been made with the owners prior to the sale. Cattle will not
be transferred until paid for in full. Each animal will be at
the purchaser’s risk immediately after it is sold. All cattle
will be fed and cared for, free of charge, for a reasonable
length of time after the sale but at the purchaser’s risk.
HERD HEALTH
Messner Herefords is a certified Brucellosis free herd, No.
853.
Individual health papers for interstate shipment will be
furnished for each lot. All heifer calves have been officially
calfhood vaccinated. Estimate calving dates on heifers will be
available sale day. Scrotal measurements and actual weights
on bulls will be available sale day.
NOTE:
All bulls over 18 months of age will be tested for
trichomoniasis with the PCR test prior to sale day. If your
state required further testing, tests will be performed prior
to delivery.
NOTE:
Each bull will have been fertility tested prior to sale
day. All animals are fertility guaranteed.
NOTE:
Suspect pedigrees have been DNA tested for genetic
mutations.
All cattle have been vaccinated 3 times by 14 months of age
with Titanium 5 L5.
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN CATALOG
BW - Birth Weight; WW - Weaning Weight:
YW - Yearling Weight
EPD - Expected Progeny Difference
IMF - Marbling Fat; REA - Rib Eye Area
$W - Weaned Value
$F - Feedlot Value
$G - Grid Value
$B - Beef Value
CHB$ - Certified Hereford Beef
MEC - Most Efficient Cow DOD - Dam of Distinction
Attention:
How can you rely on EPD’s?
An EPD is an estimate of a bull or a cow’s future progeny
performance as compared to the progeny of a breed average
sire or dam. The combined information of the American
Hereford Association has created many changes. This data
changes twice during the year, therefore, what we print today
may be different by sale time. We feel a reliable breeder is as
important as the EPD’s.
BREED AVERAGE ANGUS EPD
BW WW YW SC Milk Marb RE Fat $W $F $G $B
+1.8 +46
+83 +.51
22
+.39 +.28 +.010 +26.44 +25.56 +24.09 +54.13
BREED AVERAGE HEREFORD EPD
BW WW YW SC Milk Fat REA IMF
+3.6 +44
+73 +.7
+17
.001
+.24
+.04